Bill Text: NY A09718 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes Christopher Dyroff to apply for retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - signed chap.353 [A09718 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A09718-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9718 IN ASSEMBLY April 5, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to authorize Christopher Dyroff to file an application for retro- active membership in the New York state and local employees' retire- ment system The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 Christopher Dyroff, a member of the New York state and local employees' 3 retirement system, who on October 16, 2008 commenced employment as a 4 member of the planning board of the town of Highlands, in the county of 5 Orange, a participating employer, and who during May of 2015 commenced 6 employment as a groundskeeper by the town of Haverstraw, in the county 7 of Rockland and became a member of such retirement system at that time, 8 and who, for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, failed to 9 become a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement 10 system in 2008, shall be deemed to have joined such retirement system on 11 October 16, 2008, the commencement of his employment as a member of the 12 planning board of the town of Highlands, if within 1 year of the effec- 13 tive date of this act he shall file an application therefor with the 14 state comptroller. Upon receipt of such application, Christopher Dyroff 15 shall be deemed to have joined the New York state and local employees' 16 retirement system during 2008. 17 § 2. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act 18 shall be borne by the town of Highlands, and there shall be no refund of 19 member contributions to Christopher Dyroff. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. FISCAL NOTE.-- This bill will grant Tier 4 status in the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System to Christopher Dyroff, a current Tier 6 member employed by the town of Haverstraw, by changing his date of membership to October 16, 2008, his first date of work with the town of Highlands. There will be no refund of member contributions. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13611-05-6